“Does pregnancy impact the kidneys in any way?”
I am pregnant for the first time and I am urinating a lot. Will pregnancy cause pressure on my kidney function?
3 Answers
Usually yes
More stress due to drainage thru the ureters
Pregnancy can impact the kidneys in many ways. Patients with preexistent kidney diseases can have worsening of their disease with pregnancy. Also, their are kidney diseases that can be induced by pregnancy. The normal physiologic changes occurring in the kidneys during pregnancy can result in some protein appearing in the urine & some fluid retention. Pregnant patients often have frequency of urination because of pressure put on the bladder by the expanding uterus.
Steven A. Burka, MD, FACP, FASN
Steven A. Burka, MD, FACP, FASN
